徐冰，1955年出生于重庆，1981年毕业于中央美术学院版画系，并留校任教。1987年毕业于中央美术学院，获硕士学位。曾于1990年受美国威斯康辛大学邀请为荣誉艺术家，移居美国。2008年回国，现为中央美术学院副院长、教授、博士生导师。
在自20世纪八十年代末开始创作的成名作《天书》系列中，他亲自设计刻印数千个“新汉字”，以图象性、符号性等议题深刻探讨中国文化的本质和思维方式，成为中国当代艺术史上的经典。九十年代移居美国后陆续创作《新英文书法》、《鬼打墙》、《地书》等。此外，本世纪以来徐冰的创作面向更为丰富，特别是其日益关注的艺术介入社会的题材，《烟草计划》、《木林 森》、《凤凰》等均是颇具深度的代表作品。鉴于在当代艺术领域的杰出贡献，1999年他荣膺美国文化界最高奖“麦克·阿瑟天才奖”；2004年以“9·11”废墟尘埃为材料所做的作品《尘埃》，在英获得世界视觉艺术最大奖项——首届“Artes·Mundi国际当代艺术奖”；2007年在荣获美国版画艺术终身成就奖。

个展
曾在纽约新美术馆(New Museum of Contemporary Art ) 、布郎士美术馆 (The Bronx Museum of Art)、 美国艾维母美术馆(Elvehjem Museum of Art)、 北德克达美术馆(North Dakota Mu
seum)、阿尔班尼大学美术馆(Albany University Museum) 、西班牙米罗基金会美术馆(Joan Miro Foundation at Mallorca)、捷克国家博物馆(National Gallery of Prague)、福岗亚洲美术馆等重要艺术机构举办个人艺术展。
邀请展
2001年在美国史密森国家博物馆萨克勒美术馆(Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution)举办题为《游戏文字：徐冰的当代艺术》大型个人展。2004年在柏林国家东亚艺术博物馆(Berlin National East Asian Art Museum)举办大型回顾展《徐冰在柏林》。也曾被邀参加：纽约现代艺术博物馆(Museum of Modern Art, New York)、 大英博物馆(The British Museum)、伦敦V & A 美术馆(Victoria & Albert Museum) 、西班牙王后国家艺术中心博物馆(National Center de Arte Reina Sofia)、CAAM现代美术馆(Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno Museum, LasPalmas, Spain) 、美国维克纳艺术中心(Wexner Center for the Visual Arts)、皇后美术馆 (Queens Museum of Art) 、纽约P.S.I 美术馆、加拿大国家博物馆(The National Gallery of Canada) 、新南威而斯美术馆(Museum of New South Wales)、日本森美术馆、ICC美术馆,澳大利亚国家现代美术馆(Museum of Contemporary Art)、昆士兰美术馆(Queensland Art Gallery)、芬兰国家现代艺术博物馆(Kiasma)、芬兰Pori美术馆等美术馆举办的重要艺术展，被邀参加45届和51届威尼斯双年展、悉尼双年展、南非约汉内斯堡双年展、土尔其双年展、上海双年展、光州双年展、台北双年展、福岗叁年展、昆士兰叁年展、广州叁年展等国际展。
“艺融两江”艺术展重庆长江汇当代艺术中心重庆 中国

《凤凰》：低碳也好，环保也罢，它终究无法脱离“破烂”的本质
世博会开幕前，徐冰亲赴上海，完成了《凤凰》在世博园内最后的吊装。历时两年多才创作完成的《凤凰》声名远扬，今春在北京今日美术馆艺术广场首次亮相，而在世博园露面之前，俨然成为这里的一个传说。
早先，法国密特朗基金会想把《凤凰》这件他们认为最能体现中国智慧的世博公共艺术品设立在世博轴上，但可惜没有能让《凤凰》飞起来的吊点。之后，《凤凰》几经辗转，它12吨的体重和一身看上去摇摇欲坠的“羽毛”——其实是建筑工地上的垃圾——必须受到前所未有的防雨保护，这造成了《凤凰》历经主题馆、中国馆等场地的数次转移。最终，它出现在世博园“宝钢大舞台”室内——这里既有原来废旧钢铁厂建筑的遗迹，充满了流水线以及钢架结构强硬又有张力的线条。《凤凰》莅临，相对于周边环境既独立又和谐统一，它仿佛找到了自己的“前世”和出生的地方。
在中国的建筑工地，《凤凰》曾经是一堆堆任人践踏的垃圾。旅美18年，徐冰回国后第一次踏进北京CBD的工地时，就被这些建筑废料的原始粗陋的美感，被高楼大厦背后的真相深深吸引。他同意了委托方的邀请，决定用这些建筑废料制作艺术品，最终的形态将是中国人熟悉并喜爱的吉祥图腾——凤凰。
他迷上这些垃圾。于是，塑料安全帽、屡见不鲜的红蓝彩条布、铁锹、钢管等等统统成为艺术创作的材料。徐冰说：“我希望它很浪漫，很美，同时又很凶猛，带有神性，怪异同时又非常现实。它用一种非常低廉的材料来打扮自己，让自己变得很有尊严，又带着伤痕累累的感觉，这就是《凤凰》的感人之处。”
按照计划，《凤凰》将被放置在北京CBD某栋新建的大厦之中，据“楼书”描述，这座建筑采用透明玻璃为主体，按照钻石的形状建造，而《凤凰》将被放在辉煌的大堂中。可以想像它那粗糙带有原始气息的样子，将与现代化建筑的精致科学，以及资本被炫耀的光芒形成强烈的反差，而这种对比恰恰可以将人们的思考带入繁荣背后的现实之中。然而《凤凰》的诞生却历经磨难，特别是金融危机的影响，委托方资金的匮乏，几乎断绝了它出生的可能。
《凤凰》的难产，又为这件艺术作品增加了看不见的内容。现在看来，这些艰难的过程都成就了它生命中的趣味。《凤凰》经历两年多的曲折后，在今日美术馆甫一亮相，就引来媒体关注，比如将它与当前流行的“环保”、“低碳”这些概念扯上关系，这无非是《凤凰》给大家制造的话题或者说一种假象而已。实际上，《凤凰》无法脱离它“破烂”的本质。用徐冰本人的话来描述，“它既凶又美，用这些破的材料弄出这么个大鸟来，感觉凤凰自己在制造一种伪装。好像凤凰为本身的生理做驱动，它就要梳理羽毛，让自己变得好看起来。就像穷人没有好的化妆品一样，最后用什么东西给自己乱抹一通，这也是民间艺术大红大绿的来源。”
就是这只经过认真“乱抹”的大鸟，以其富于表现力的艺术语言，在民俗的、当代的、艺术的、社会的这些概念中自由游走，从北京的CBD到上海的世博园，成为非常令人瞩目的中国艺术作品。
风格：“美”或“丑”并不重要，风格、流派也没有那么重要
《凤凰》诞生后，最有意思的是它“嫁鸡随鸡”的性格——放在北京CBD，它散发着一种对中国现代化进程的隐喻和思考；放在上海世博会，又增添了对历史绵延的追溯；而最终它也许会被台湾收藏家带往宝岛，或者会成为那里的人们熟悉又陌生的图腾。
伴随着《凤凰》的争论也纷至沓来。根据调查，路过《凤凰》现场的老百姓，包括一部分高级知识分子对它都非常喜欢，疑问来自艺术圈本身。比如，有人认为它的造型太柔美，特别是晚上点燃灯光的时候。也有人持相反的看法，觉得它看上去十分丑陋。还有批评的声音指出，这个作品太笨了，太“费劲”了——徐冰过去的作品都是四两拨千斤的，但这个变成“千斤拨四两”，因此太不“徐冰”了……
在采访中，徐冰并不回避《凤凰》带来的这些争议话题。他一笑说，在他看来“美”或“丑”并不重要，那不是他做艺术的出发点，甚至所谓风格也没有那么重要。“没必要认定这是徐冰的还是谁的。之所以有些艺术家被认定为某种流派不敢移动半步，是因为在视觉过剩的当下，任何一种所谓的风格都是很难被确认的，收藏家从收藏层面也需要这种确认。这样由于许多方面的原因，造成艺术家一辈子都在做一种风格的东西。但这不是我考虑的事情。我从不把保持、建立、完善自己风格作为追求，从来不从材料、风格、流派入手考虑艺术。我希望人们从中获得的满足是一种有关看待事物的态度，思维能得到启发。就像《凤凰》的创作，我感到高兴和满意的是它的唯一性——它的这种感觉在世界任何其他地方都不可能获得，也不可能诞生。”。

入编艺术教科书
在艺术史著作中的记录有美国97年版世界艺术史教科书：《过去的艺术和现在的艺术》 (Art Past -Art Present)(Prentice Hall, Abrams 出版社)。
2001年作品编入美国权威艺术教科书 《古今艺术》 (Gardner\'s Art Through the Ages)、麦克苏立文(Michael Sullivan) 的《20世纪的中国艺术和艺术家》(加州大学出版社)、 克劳斯奎克(Craig Clunas) 的《牛津艺术史：中国艺术》 (牛津大学出版社)、简弗文(Jane Farver)《国际观念艺术的原起点》(皇后艺术博物馆出版)、《对话中的艺术世界—全球艺术2000年》 (路德维希博物馆出版)世界各地六所出版社将徐冰的艺术编入中学及高中艺术教科书。
2006年美国出版有关徐冰艺术的学术论文集《持续性/转型—以文字为图像：徐冰的艺术》 (普林斯顿大学出版社)。
1999年获得美国文化界最高奖—麦克阿瑟奖(MacArthur Award)。2003年，由于对亚洲文化的发展所做的贡献获得第十四届日本福冈亚洲文化奖。
2004年获得首届威尔士国际视觉艺术(Artes Mundi)，获得纽约市教育局和高中教育艺术委员会颁发的第96届青年之友奖。被《Mangazine 名牌》杂志评为中国年度“十大精英男性”。被《美国艺术》杂志评为15名国际艺术界年度最受注目人物之一(2004 People in Review)。
2006年在美国卫斯理学院，戴威斯美术馆个人展上的装置《佩塞芬尼的两姐妹》获得国际艺评家协会(AICA) “
2005至2006年度新英格兰地区最佳装置或单件作品奖“，受建筑师贝律名先生之托为苏州博物馆新馆开幕举办个展，制作《背后的故事：3》入选第六届韩国光洲双年展，首届新加坡双年展，展出新作《魔毯》。作品《地书：徐冰工作室》在德国斯图加特美术馆展出。堪萨斯Spencer美术馆举办《从〈天书〉到〈地书〉：徐冰“书”系列作品》回顾展。普林斯顿大学出版社出版有关徐冰艺术的学术论文集《持续性/转型—以文字为图像： 徐冰的艺术》。巫鸿教授专著《徐冰：烟草计划》由人民大学出版社出版。
2007 以中国书法为基本元素的平面作品在纽约大都会博物馆展出。新作《地书》以新媒体互动方式在纽约MoMA展出。由于“对文字、 语言和书籍溶智的使用，对版画与当代艺术这两个领域间的对话和沟通所产生的巨大影响”全美版画家协会授予徐冰“版画艺术终身成就奖”。
2011年徐冰在美国弗吉尼亚美术博物馆展出了最新制作的虎皮地毯，利用香烟两端的颜色描绘出虎皮的样子，共用了50万根香烟。

Xu Bing, born in Chongqing in 1955, 1981 graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and taught there. 1987 graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, master's degree. In 1990 by the University of Wisconsin invited to honor American artist, emigrated to the United states. 2008 return, is now vice president of China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Professor, doctoral tutor.
In twentieth Century at the end of 80s began writing the masterpiece "mumbo-jumbo" series, he personally designed engraved thousands of "new Chinese characters", as the image, symbol and other issues Chinese to deeply explore the essence of culture and way of thinking, has become a classic in the history of contemporary art China. In 90s moved to the United States in succession to create "new calligraphy", "English Hallucii", "book" etc.. In addition, since the beginning of this century for the creation of Xu Bing is more abundant, especially the growing concern of art involved in social themes, "plan", "tobacco", "phoenix" Rawlinson are the representative works of considerable depth. In view of the outstanding contribution in the field of contemporary art, in 1999 he won the American cultural prize "Mike Arthur prize" in 2004; "dust 9 - 11" ruins as materials work "dust" in the UK, won the world largest Visual Art Award -- the first Artes - Mundi International Contemporary Art Award "in 2007; the United States won the Lifetime Achievement Award for graphic art.

Exhibition
In New York, the New Art Museum (New Museum of Contemporary Art), brown Shi (The Bronx Museum of gallery Art), American mother Ivey (Elvehjem Museum of Art Art Museum), North Dakota Museum (North Dakota Mu
Seum), Museum of fine arts, Alban University (Albany University Museum), Spain 'Art Museum (Joan Miro Foundation at Mallorca), Narodni Muzeum (National Gallery of Prague), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and other important art institutions held personal art exhibition.
Invitation Exhibition
In the United States in 2001 at the Sackler Smithson National Museum (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) organized entitled "game text: Contemporary Art" Xu Bing large personal exhibition. 2004 at the national East Museum of East Asian Art (Berlin National Asian Art Berlin) held a large retrospective exhibition "Xu Bing in Berlin" Museum. Have been invited to participate in the New York Museum of modern art (Museum of Modern Art, New York), British Museum (The British Museum), London V & A Gallery (Victoria & Albert, Museum), Queen of Spain National Arts Center Museum (National Center de Arte Reina Sofia), CAAM (Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno Museum of Contemporary Art Museum LasPalmas, Spain, America), vikna Art Center (Wexner Center for the Visual Arts), the Queens Museum of Art (Queens Museum of Art P.S.I), New York Art Museum, National Museum of Canada (The National Gallery of Canada), Museum of New South Wales (Museum of New South Wales), Japan Mori Art Museum, ICC the Australian National Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum of Contemporary Art), the Queensland Museum of Art (Queensland Art Gallery), the Finland National Modern Art The Museum (Kiasma), an art exhibition Finland Pori Museum of Art Art Museum, was invited to attend the 45 session and the 51 session of the Venice Biennale, Sydney Biennale, South Africa, Turkey Yuehanneisibao Biennale Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Kwangju Biennale, Taipei Biennale, Fukuoka Triennale, Queensland Triennale, Guangzhou Triennale international exhibition.
"Yi Rong Jiang" art exhibition of Chongqing Contemporary Art Center in Chongqing Chinese Yangtze River

Phoenix: low carbon or environmental protection worth mentioning, it ultimately can not get rid of the essence of junk
Before the opening of World Expo, Xu Bing went to Shanghai, to complete the "phoenix" in the Expo last lifting. It took more than two years for completion of the creation of the "phoenix" reputation, this spring in Beijing Today Art Museum Art Square debut, and appeared in Expo Park before becoming a legend here.
Earlier, the French Mitterrand foundation wanted to Phoenix this piece they think most embodies the wisdom of China's Expo public works of art set up on the Expo Axis, but unfortunately did not allow Phoenix to fly up the hanging point. After the "phoenix" was removed, its 12 ton weight and a look shaky "feather" - is - must have hitherto unknown garbage rain protection on the building site, which caused the "transfer" after several Phoenix Theme Pavilion, Chinese Museum site. Finally, it appeared in the Expo Park "Baosteel stage" indoor -- where both the original scrap iron and steel factory building sites, full line and steel structure of tough and tension of the lines. Phoenix comes, relative to the surrounding environment is both independent and harmonious unity, it seems to find their own past life and birth place.
In China's construction site, Phoenix was once a pile of people trampled garbage. In 18 years, after returning Xu Bing first stepped into the Beijing CBD site, the construction waste was primitive beauty, deeply attracted by the truth behind the edifice. He agreed to the invitation of the client, decided to use these building waste production of art, the final form will be familiar with the Chinese people and favorite auspicious Totem - phoenix.
He's got a crush on the rubbish. Thus, plastic safety helmet, It is often seen. red and blue color of the cloth, shovel, steel and so on all become art materials. Xu Bing said: "I hope it is romantic, beautiful, but also fierce, with divinity, weird and very realistic. It uses a very low material to dress themselves, so that they have become very dignified, and with scarred feeling, this is the phoenix of the moving."
According to the plan, "phoenix" will be placed in the Beijing CBD of a new building, according to the "Loushu" description, this building is made of transparent glass as the main body, built in the shape of a diamond, and "phoenix" will be placed in the lobby of the brilliant. You can imagine its original flavor with a rough appearance, with exquisite modern architecture science, and the capital was showing off the light to form a strong contrast, and this contrast can be precisely into people's thinking behind the prosperity of reality. However, the birth of Phoenix has experienced hardships, especially the impact of the financial crisis, the lack of principal funds, almost cut off the possibility of its birth.
"Phoenix" dystocia, but also for this work of art added invisible content. Now it seems that these difficult processes have made life interesting. "Phoenix" after more than two years of twists and turns, in Today Art Museum appeared, attracted media attention, such as it will be with the current "environmental protection", "low carbon" these concepts are related, this is nothing more than the "phoenix" to create a topic or an illusion and has. In fact, Phoenix can not get rid of its "junk" nature. With Xu Bing's words to describe, "it is fierce and beautiful, with the broken material to make such a big bird, feel yourself in the manufacture of a disguise of phoenix. As if the Phoenix for its own physiological drive, it is necessary to comb the feathers, so that they become good-looking. Like the poor have no good cosmetics, finally what to mess with a pass, this is also the source of the folk art of the gaudy."
It is only after careful "chaos wipe" bird, with its expressive art language, free to walk in these concept of folk and contemporary art and society, the CBD from Beijing to the Expo Park in Shanghai, has become a very impressive works of art Chinese.
Style: "beauty" or "ugly" is not important, style, genre is not so important
"Phoenix" after the birth, the most interesting is that it was "the disposition in Beijing CBD, it exudes a metaphor and thinking of China modernization; in Shanghai World Expo, was added to the traceability of the history; and finally it may be Taiwan collectors to Taiwan. Or where people will become familiar and strange totem.
Along with the "phoenix" argument also come in a throng. According to the survey, passing the Phoenix site people, including some senior intellectuals are very fond of it, questions from the art circle itself. For example, some people think that its shape is beautiful, especially at night when the lights lit. Some people hold the opposite view, think it looks very ugly. There are criticisms of the voice pointed out that this work is too stupid, too strenuous - Xu Bing's past works are 42 dial thousands of pounds, but this becomes a thousand pounds dial 42, so too "Xu Bing"......In the interview, Xu Bing does not evade the Phoenix brought these controversial topics. He said with a smile, in his view, "beauty" or "ugly" is not important, that is not the starting point for his art, even the so-called style is not so important. "There's no need to make sure this is Xu Bing's or whose. The reason that some artists are recognized as some schools not move, because in the visual excess moment, any kind of so-called style is difficult to be confirmed, collectors from the collection level also need to confirm this. This is due to many reasons, artists have been doing a lifetime style thing. But that's not what I'm thinking about. I never maintain, establish, improve their own style as a pursuit, never from the material, style, genre to consider art. I hope that the satisfaction that people get from it is a kind of attitude towards things. Like the creation of "phoenix", I am happy and satisfied with its uniqueness -- it can not be obtained anywhere else in the world, nor can it be born.".

In the Art Textbook
The history of art history in the works of the United States 97 edition of the world art history textbook: "the art of the past and the present art" (Art Past -Art) (Prentice Hall, Abrams press).
In 2001 the American authoritative works into the Art Textbook "ancient and modern art" (Gardner\'s Art Through the Ages), Mike Su Liwen (Michael Sullivan) of the "Twentieth Century Chinese art and artists" (California University Press), Claus Quirke (Craig Clunas) of the "Oxford Art History: China art" (University of Oxford Press), Jian Fuwen (Jane Farver the original starting point ") international concept art" (Queens Museum of Art Publishing), "dialogue in the art world of global art 2000" (Ludwig museum publication) the world press six Xu Bing's art in the middle and high school art textbooks.
In 2006 the United States published a collection of essays on Xu Bing's art "sustainability / transformation - text as image: the art of Xu Bing" (Princeton University press).
1999 won the highest award in the American cultural circles - Macarthur prize (MacArthur Award). 2003, due to the contribution of the development of Asian culture to get the fourteenth Japan Fukuoka Asian cultural award.
2004 won the first Welsh International Visual Art (Artes Mundi), won the New York Municipal Education Bureau and the high school education arts committee awarded the ninety-sixth youth friends award. "Mangazine brand" magazine as China's ten elite men". By American art magazine as one of the 15 most watched figures in the international art world (People in Review 2004).
Wesley college in the United States in 2006, "diversy device art museum show Pesce Fanny's two sisters" won the international critics association (AICA)"
2005 to 2006 annual new England Award "best device or single, by the architect Mr. Bei laws were asked for the Suzhou Museum opening exhibition held, making" the story behind the 3 "was selected for the sixth Korea Guoguang delta Biennale, the Singapore Biennale Exhibition," magic carpet "for new. Works "ground book: Xu Bing studio" in Stuttgart Museum of art exhibition. Kansas Spencer Art Museum "from" mumbo-jumbo "to" book ": Xu Bing" book "series of works" retrospective. Princeton University press publishing essays on Xu Bing's art "sustainability / transformation - text as image: the art of Xu Bing". Professor Wu Hong monograph "Xu Bing: tobacco program" published by people's University press.
2007 graphic works with Chinese calligraphy as basic elements are exhibited in New York metropolitan museum. New book "land book" with new media interaction in New York MoMA exhibition. Because of the use of text, language and books on printmaking and soluble wisdom, contemporary art between the two realms of dialogue and communication have great influence the nation's version of the Artist Association awarded the lifetime achievement award "Xu Bing prints".
In 2011 Xu Bing exhibited the latest production of tiger skin rug in the United States Virginia Museum of fine arts, the use of cigarettes at both ends of the colors depict the tiger like, sharing 500 thousand cigarettes.